Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the
descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn
by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high
technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an
ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical
medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A
young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life,
and cannot believe he was born here and has always been
here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of
Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -- a futuristic
world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an
imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of
Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment
when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside,
simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through which
they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape
is born ...

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Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners
live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living
building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical
medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting
visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the
outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an imminent marriage she dreads.
She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn,
inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through
which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ...